FIRST DEBATE. Trump continued to slash and burn his way through the charred remains of what passes for US democracy with his subversive outbursts while VP Biden appealed to viewers directly that the future of health care insurance here hinges on their votes.
Ignorance holds back Trump from making plans for the COVID pandemic and health insurance, Biden observed, but then we already knew that.
Some Facebook contributors hoped that Biden would be a no show for the debate, but that would have been a poor strategy. One of the Brown Institute Mpls. technicians could install a remote off-on switch on Trump’s microphone that the director could activate to give these proceedings less of a “wrestle royal” ambience. Chris Wallace was dysfunctional as the moderator, often contributing to the chaos.
Sixty years ago when I was but a frat boy at the Univ. of Wash. the takeaway from the Nixon-Kennedy debate was Nixon’s corpse-like appearance. Trump seemed to take that to heart and was well marinated in his trademark orange gel and $70,000 hair stylings which I am sure the Two Harbors gang appreciated. Bottom line the debate was unsettling like drinking strong coffee before going to bed.
